Other forms: enriched, enriching, enriches
To enrich is to make something better by adding value to it. Enrich the soil, an enriching experience, enrich the flour.
In food, enriched means nutrients have been added back after processing removed them, which is why white flour is enriched by law in several countries. In nuclear physics, enriching uranium means raising the share of one isotope. Figuratively it means improving a life. Note rich, from which it is formed.
1verbenrichTo make something better by adding value.
“Reading widely will enrich your vocabulary and your understanding of the world.”
enrich is an improving.
Old French enrichir is en plus riche, rich, from a Germanic word meaning powerful. Rich and realm are relatives.
Old French
enrichier
Anglo-Norman
enrichir
Middle English
enrichen
English, today
enrich
From Middle English enrichen, from Anglo-Norman enrichir and Old French enrichier. by surface analysis, en- + rich.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA